Friday, January 17, 2014

Book Tour, Interview and Giveaway - Negotiation Tactics by Lori Ryan

Fans
of the Sutton Capital Series have been waiting for Jennie and Chad’s story for
a long time and they won’t be disappointed! And, new readers are sure to fall
in love with the series.

After
the crushing heartache of losing her husband at a harshly young age, Jennie
Evans had finally found a place to call home. She had a job she loved and new
friends to support her. With the exception of having to continuously fight off
the feelings she had for Chad Thompson, she was happy again. As happy as she
could be anyway. When Jennie’s well-meaning friends meddle in her life, they
send her world into a tailspin once again. Soon, she’s on the run from some
very dangerous people with the one man she doesn’t want to be with.

Chad
Thompson has loved Jennie from afar for the last year, but he’s maintained
control. Jennie’s made it clear she wants nothing to do with him and he won’t
cross the line she’s drawn in the sand. Until she asks him to. And, when that
happens, their world is turned upside down. Chad’s left scrambling to keep
Jennie safe as he tries to right their world again. Unfortunately, Chad has to
accept the fact that his heart is likely to be crushed in the process and
nothing will ever be the same again.

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Excerpt:

Jack laughed at Chad’s frown. “Hey, get yourself a wife and
you won’t miss us so much.”

“Funny.” Chad scowled as the men picked up their bags and
started toward the exit.

Jack and Andrew got quiet and Chad groaned inside. He knew
what was coming.

Can’t everyone drop the whole Jennie and Chad thing?

He had barely managed to get the image of Jennie in a
T-shirt with no bra, out of his head for the last hour of the basketball game
and now they had to put it front and center again without even mentioning her
name. That sight had plagued him for two damn days and he wasn’t likely to get
over it anytime soon.

“Chad, you really need to see where this thing with Jennie
might go. Have you even been on a date with anyone else since you met her?”
Jack asked.

They crossed the parking lot toward their cars, but it was
clear Jack and Andrew were going to stay until he gave them an answer. Chad
didn’t want to tell Jack the answer to that question and he didn’t want to have
this conversation with Jack and Andrew again. As far as they knew, he didn’t
want to date Jennie because he was her boss at Sutton Capital. And, that was
part of it, but Chad hadn't told anyone the truth.

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Let's Meet Lori Ryan:

What
is your writing environment?

I
write in so many different places. Sometimes I use my chromebook and hit the
coffee shop. That’s my favorite place to write.Other times, I use my desktop in my home office. That’s a bit cluttered,
though! I’m surrounded by dogs, sewing stuff, and a guest bed.

Which
authors have caught your interest lately? Why?

Penny
Reid – she’s just so funny and witty. And, I love Bev Peterson and Kaylea Cross
and Toni Anderson and Dana Marton. Too many to name.

What
type of book have you always wanted to write?

I
want to write more intense suspense and action like Kaylea Cross and Toni
Anderson do. And, I want to write a book as funny as Jill Shalvis or Penny Reid
someday.

What’s
the last movie you watched and loved?

Red
II. I loved the first one also. I just thought those movies were so funny!

Top
three things on your bucket list

Go
to Italy, see my children grow up, and …… maybe get back into size eight jeans
someday? Nah, that’s no fun. Um…….Learn to cook Indian food.

How
did you get the idea for this particular novel?

Jennie
and Chad have been characters in the Sutton Capital Series for a long time and
they were just crying out for their own book the whole time. It was inevitable.
I didn’t have a clue, however, until I began to write, that Jennie had such a
past to deal with. She hid that from all of us!

What
is your favorite scene in your new release?

I
think the scene where she’s afraid of the fish and she’s clinging to Chad in
the water. No! Wait, maybe the shower scene. Nope. I know. The one where he
tells her he knows it almost broke her heart to sleep with him. Oh, that was a
good one.

What’s
your idea of a perfect date?

Dinner
and a movie at iPic nowadays. When my husband and I were dating, though, he
took me to the ice skating rink for our first valentine’s day together. I
thought that was pretty cool!

If
you could take a romantic trip, where would it be?

Italy.
And, we’d drink a ton of wine and eat breads and pastas up the wazoo.

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Lori Ryan is a NY
Times and USA Today bestselling author who writes contemporary romance with a
twist of suspense. She lives with an extremely understanding husband, two
wonderful children, two mostly-behaved dogs, and a lone little cat in Austin,
Texas. It’s a bit of a zoo, but she wouldn’t change a thing.

Lori published her
first novel in April of 2013 and has written three more books since then. Each
of Lori’s books have made their way to the Amazon bestseller list and she
quickly climbed the Amazon bestselling author list, as well. In November, 2013,
Lori and a group of romantic suspense authors landed on the USA Today and NY
Times bestseller lists with an anthology only eight months after the release of
Lori’s first book. Lori loves to connect with her readers. Follow her on
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books and loved them, please consider leaving a review on Amazon.com. Writers live and
die by their reviews and Lori promises to do a happy dance around her office
every time you write one!

Lori...I see you're in Austin, TX. I'm a librarian at a community college in NC and we just had a writer from Austin here this week as part of our community's Big Read program. Tim O'Brien was just phenomenal during his visit. I'm envious...I hope you've had lots of chances to see him at "writerly"-type events in Austin.catherinelee100 at gmail dot com